Mixed Berry Pie Recipe

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

It's Hanifah here with another recipe. I love baking pies, both savoury and sweet ones. This is a new recipe which I found on YouTube and decided to try out. It turned out really good masha'Allah, so I will link the video here - don't forget to mute the music! It's not an overly sweet pie and has a nice lemony zing to it. I did alter the recipe slightly - I hardly ever stick to the book!

Ingredients:-

For the Pastry you will need:

2 1/2 cups (320g) All-Purpose Flour

1 tsp. Salt

2 tbsp. Sugar

1 cup (226g) Unsalted Butter (chilled and cut into small cubes)

1 Egg, beaten

4 tbsp. Icy Water

For the Berry Filling you will need:

4 cups (600g) Frozen Berries - (I used 300g blueberries and 300g raspberries)

2/3 cup (135g) Granulated Sugar

1/4 tsp. Cinnamon

1/4 cup Corn Flour

1 tbsp. Lemon Juice

Zest of 1 Lemon

1. To make the pastry, whisk together flour, sugar and salt.

2. Then add the butter cubes and use a fork to press until crumbs are formed. This took me a long time - you could use a food processor if you prefer.

3. Next add the beaten egg and the 4 tablespoons of icy water.

4. Start to combine to form a slightly crumbly dough.

5. Divide in half and wrap each in cling film.

6. Roll out and flatten using a rolling pin; then refrigerate for half an hour or more.

7. Now it's time to make the filling! Combine sugar, corn flour, cinnamon and lemon zest in a bowl.

8. Place the frozen berries in another bowl and then add the sugar mixture and lemon juice. Use a spoon or toss to combine.

9. Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius, 400 degrees Fahrenheit, Gas Mark 6 and prepare a 9-inch pie pan.

10. Take out one of the pieces of dough and roll on a floured surface until it is big enough to cover your pie pan. Mine ended up breaking (probably needed more butter?) so I just sort of put it together jigsaw-style!

11. Next add the filling and refrigerate.

12. Meanwhile, take the second dough piece out of the fridge, roll out and cut into strips. Take the pie back out and create a lattice on top using the strips. I also used the excess dough to decorate the pie.

13. Bake for 20 minutes on a middle shelf. Then reduce the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, 350 degrees Fahrenheit, Gas Mark 4 and bake for another 25-30 minutes until golden-brown.

14. Allow to cool completely for a few hours. I dusted mine with icing sugar afterwards.

15. Finally remove from pie pan, slice and serve - preferably with vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!

I hope you liked this post and we will see you soon, insha'Allah.

Wassalam,

Hanifah



Strawberry and Chocolate Milkshake Recipe

Assalamu Alaikum everyone!

It's Sumayyah here, and today I will show you how to make a Strawberry and Chocolate Milkshake. I made this recipe with my Mother and when we tried it, it tasted great, masha'Allah.

So here is how to make it!

Ingredients:

12 medium sized strawberries

2 cups milk

4 tbsp. maple syrup (or sweeten to taste)

2 tbsp. cream

some ice

chocolate spread

Method:

Firstly, place the strawberries in a blender.

Pour in the maple syrup and cream. Add the milk and blend until smooth.

Add the ice and blend.

This is your strawberry milkshake!

Pour out half the mixture into bottles and add a tablespoon of chocolate spread to the remaining half of the strawberry milkshake in the blender.

And that is your Strawberry Chocolate Milkshake.

Yum! Masha'Allah.

This recipe makes around four of these bottles.

That's it for now. I hope you enjoyed it, and let me know if you give this recipe a go. See you next Friday, insha'Allah.

Love and wasalaam,

Sumayyah



American Pancakes Recipe

Assalamu Alaikum!

It's Maryam here this week. For this month's recipe I thought I'd share one that I've been making for years. I watched and helped my Mum make this easy breakfast for the family as a child, and to this day it is one of my favourites!

Let's begin!

Ingredients:

(Because we are a large family, I have tripled the recipe, which is why the ingredients in the photos may look a lot more than what the recipe measurements call for :) )

135g plain flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

2 tbsp. sugar

130ml/4 1/2 floz milk

1 large egg

2 tbsp. olive oil/melted butter

Method:

Step 1: Place the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a bowl and whisk until combined.

Step 2: Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour in the milk, egg and oil. Whisk well until there are no lumps and the batter is smooth. Let the batter sit for 10 minutes at least.

Step 3: Heat a pan on medium heat. Spoon the thick batter onto the pan and cook until a few bubbles can be seen on the surface of the pancake.

Flip and cook until golden brown, around 30 seconds.

And you are done, alhamdulillah!

Serve warm and top with fresh berries and sweet maple syrup.

I hope you liked this recipe. It is quick and easy and one I always enjoy whipping up in a few minutes!

Well that is all for today. See you all next week insha'Allah!

Love and wasalaam,

Maryam